Coal spreader



T. N. WYNNE May 27, 1930.

COAL SPREADER Filed Dec. s1. 192e 3 Sheets-Sheet l May 27, 1930. T. N. wYNNE 1,759,877

COAL SPREADER Filed Dec. 3l, 1926 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 Y rounding said `sprockets,y saidi :ehute fbe ing 1 connected vto `rsaid chain, aj rotatable shaft,

" meansy for driving said -shaftqconstfantly in,"

onel direction', and periodically reversible power-transmission mechanism L 'interconnecting said' shaft andoneofsaid sprockets.,

gearhousin thereof are' prefera f nstructed' thatl the shaft32` fand the` parts 4it j carries and the housing-extension '5 2 and-the parts Within itcan be reversed on'the'y h'ous.- ing 33 sothat the reversin Ylocatedfat either end foft e abutment 6 9. i

33 andthe extension 5 2 ly separable'and so conmechalismiean'be 'I `v`claim as my invention 1. In combinationwith anautomaticstol-` er'having a hopper,` a swinging coal-feedingv l chute forfeeding coal into and distributing. fit along said hopper, twosprockets rotatably mounted near vtheien'ids' off`said hopper in laY jerhavin'g ahopper, yaps vvinging coa-lafeedg' .y chute for feeding coal into andl `distributing `italong said hopper, two `sprtmkets rotatably mounted near ythe endsofSa-d hopperfin'af plane parallel tothe pat-'hief'. movement of the. .lower end .of said chute, a Ychain sur?.

plane* parallel tofthe'patjh-of movement ofv the Vlower end of ysaid-"chute,v a -chain sur- 2'. In r combination Wit-hanautomatic stok? rounding said'sprockets, said'chute'being 'con-y nected tosaidchaimai rotatable shaft, d`riv mgmeans'Orrotating said `sl i a i`t constantly iny one direction, reversible poWer-transmis-l sionv mechanism interconnecting said,gshaft ,fand one ofsaid sprockets, and control means for said kp oWer-transml'ssion mechanism, said control means being adjustable to varythe'.

xchutealongthe hopperf 1 0 1 automaticfstokf .g

Vpoints in themovement of `thegchute atwhich reversal: o f f the 4powertransmission I ne`cha' 'nisrn occurs; f l

1 ,3:5 In combination with4 an automaticstok-r t; f 'erhaving a hopper,'a swingingcoalfeeding i 1 chute for feeding ycoalfinto anddistributingf' 4. In combination-wi `h an hopper 17'."

one of said sprockets, ysaid driving means'infv` f cludinga rotatable shaft, two shaft-rotating members rotatable relatively toi said shaft,`r means for drivingsaid-shaft-rotating'mem-- berrv in voppo sitedirections', clutchj meansfor 'g clutching either'of said shaft-rotating mem. berst saidfsh'aft, andmeans for periodically loperating said .clntch mean'stocause rever'sal o fV said shaft.

reversing drive, comprising'ja I'otat4L able driven shaft, .tWo sha'ft-rotating memf V'bers rotatable relatively to' said shaftfmeansjf for 4driving said two members in opposite di# rections, clutchrrneans" for clutchingeitherof said rotatable membersto said shaft, a rod. vfor actuating said clutch means, said rod be?v ing vlongitudinally movable kto control said 1 clutch means, -means for rotating vsaid rod) 'f from said-driven shaft, a'nut sorevv-threa'dedl -ly mounted onsaid'rod and rmovable therealong as saidrod rotates,'.two springs actingV oppo'sitely on said nut, said springs being arf rangedys'o'that as saidnut moves along saidff shaft onespring Will lbe stressed tendlng to .produce longitudinal movement of saidinutf iso v and rod^to cause actuation of said clutch I 'nut reaches predetermined positionsfinits!l movement for-relea`sing said latch. 6. 'A revefrsing drivea's lset forth in claimv a Y l5: with the 'addition that said lastnamed Ameans isadustable to vary thepoSitions-of said nut at which'release of saidflatch occurs.

7 Thefinvention set forth in claim 3 with` the power-,transmission mechanism occurs.

vIn witnesswhereof, I have hereunto set myv nand'at Indianapolis, Indiana, of December,. D.,onethousandninehundred and tvventv-six.v

it ,'a`long{ said hopper", a. m`e1nber movablek alongsaid hopper, saidfmemb'er being conf-- nected to' said chute, a `1otatable'. shaft,` drva-V Y lI-fing meansfor rotating said-'shaftconstantlyfI .f lin one'direction,"and"periodicallyreversible f power-transmission 'mechanismf. operatively interconnecting saidv shaft*andfsaidx'member i ,to cause reciprocation fof" said member]l and er having a' hopper,.a'svvingngcoalfeeding chute. Afor feeding coalk intoandfdistributing l italong said hopper, two sprockets rotatably ,mounted near the ends of said'hopper'ina plane parallel'to the rpathfof movement of theflower endlof Said chute,fa 'c hainjsurr l 'i -rounding said sprocke'ts', said-chute .being .connected to ysaid chain,r meansgjfor A drivi11g'- A10o the addition of control means for said povver'- I 5 'transmission mechanism, saidcontrol means f 'beingadjustable to vary-the pointsA in the "movementofthe chute at which reversal of I this 18th day 1 y DISCLAIMER ljer?,877.-Thomas N. Wynne, Indianapolis, Ind. COAL SPREADER. Patent dated May 27, 1930. Disclaimer filed May 20, 1931, bythe patentee. Hereby disclaim that part of the thing patented which is covered by said claim 3, Whah claim 3 reads as follows:

3. In combination With an automatic stoker having a hopper, a swinging coalfeeding chute for feeding coal into and distributing it along said hopper, a member movable along said hopper, said member being connected to said chute, a rotatable l shaft, driving means for rotating said shaft constantly in one direction, and periodicalliT reversible power-transmission mechanism operativelyT Vinterconnecting said sha t and said member to cause reciprocation of said member and chute along the hopper.

[Oficial Gazette June 9, 1931 .1 

